Unit 6 Progressive Era – Flashcards
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Ida Tarbell
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wrote "A History of the Standard Oil Trust", a muckraker who exposed unfair practices of big businesses,
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Upton Sinclair
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wrote " The Jungle", a muckraker who showed the unsanitary conditions in the meatpacking industry
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William Tweed
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A corrupt political boss in New York City.
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Robert La Follete
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A "progressive" who believed that public interest should guide government actions.
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Muckrakers
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Journalists who exposed corruption in the hopes that changes would be made.
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Lincoln Steffens
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wrote "Shame of the Cities", a muckraker who wrote about political machines, corruption and voting fraud,
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political bosses
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Influential politicians who demanded payoffs from business and helped the poor to try to win votes.
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Frances Willard
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Wanted to ban the sale of alcohol
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Teddy Roosevelt
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President who supported conservation (saving) of natural resources, the Pure Food and Drug Act, and the Meat Inspection Act.
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Woodrow Wilson
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Set up the Federal Trade Commission to stop companies from using unfair business practices. He also set up the Federal Reserve Act.
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W.E.B. DuBois
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An African American who was a Progressive. He believed that all African Americas were entitled to equality through peaceful protest.
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony
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Women who worked to obtain sufferage for women. Women in the West gained the right to vote in the west first because they had worked alongside the men settling in the western frontier.
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Mutualistas
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A group of Mexican Americans who pooled their money for legal aid and to defend themselves against violence.
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Spoils System
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When unqualified people, friends of politicians, were receiving government jobs
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Interstate Commerce Commission
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This was in charge of the railroad industry. It enforced rules against pools and rebates.
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Civil Service Commission
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Created hiring practices based on merit rather than the spoils system
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Wisconsin Idea
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A change (reform) proposed by Governor LaFollette that gave voters more power in government.
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Recall
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Voters may remove an elected official from office
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Initiative
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Allowed voters to propose a bill in the state legislature
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Progressive Era
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A time when reformers wanted to improve American life in the areas of government, business, and society.
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Square Deal
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Teddy Roosevelt's plan which meant equal opportunity for all Americans.
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Direct Primary
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Political parties elections that allowed voters to choose party candidates to run for elected offices
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Federal Reserve Act
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Passed under President Wilson. It involved having a system of banks controlling the national government.
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Sherman Anti-trust Act
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Passed in 1890. Was used to stop labor unions rather than going after trusts and monopolies.
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Elkins Act
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The act that ended rebates.
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Clayton Anti-trust Act
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This act resulted in major victories for labor unions.
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Meat Inspection Act
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Passed as a result of the book, "The Jungle". Meat packing plants were inspected to ensure meat was prepared in a sanitary environment
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Labor Movement
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Unions push for better wges and less hours
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Municipal Reform
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Changes in city governments that encourage honesty, fair utilities, and welfare services for residents, encouraged middle-class business development
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Muckraker
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Journalist who exposed corruption during the Progressive Era, 1890-1920
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Child Labor Laws
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Designed to protect children from unsafe working conditions, must be age 12 to work
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Theodore Roosevelt
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26th president, known for; conservationism, trust-busting, Hepburn Act, FDA, "Square Deal," Panama Canal, won a Nobel Peace Prize for negotiation of peace in Russo-Japanese War
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Panama Canal
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a ship canal 40 miles long across the Isthmus of Panama built by the United States (1904-1914)
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Open Door Policy
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A policy proposed by the US in 1899, ALL nations would have equal opportunities to trade in China.
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Roosevelt Corollary
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Addition to the Monroe Doctrine asserting America's right to intervene in Latin American affairs
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Minimum wage
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the lowest legal wage that can be paid to most workers
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Hepburn Act
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This 1906 law used the Interstate Commerce Commission to regulate the maximum charge that railroads to place on shipping goods.
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Alice Paul
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Head of the NWO, National Woman's Party, campaigned for protecting women workers, women's right to vote, and an equal rights amendment to the Constitution.
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Jane Addams
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Suported the Settlement House Movement, Founded Hull House, provided English lessons for immigrants, daycares, and child care classes
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Jacob Riis
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Wrote, "How The Other Half Lives"; exposed the poor conditions of the poor tenements in NYC
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Social Gospel Movement
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a movement to help the poor by emphasizing the application of Christian principles to social problems
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16th Amendment
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Created federal income tax
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17th Amendment
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established the direct election of senators
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18th Amendment
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Banned the sale of alcohol
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Hull house
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Settlement house founded by Jane Adams in Chicago in 1889
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19th Amendment
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gave women the right to vote
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Margaret Sanger
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She organized a birth-control movement to in the 1920's.
